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NCLEX Nutrition
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nclex
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
dietary approach to stop hypertension
review of systems
2. What is the function of vitamin C?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
500 cal/day
one week period
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
3. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
diet recall
review of systems
fats
cream cheese - cream or butter
4. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
diet recall
one week period
5.5 ounces/day
fat soluble vitamins
5. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
one tspn salt or less
2 cups
protein
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
6. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
can consume more calories without weight gain
hemorrhage
4 calories/gram
7. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
vitamin C - citrus fruits
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
albumin levels
rickets - osteomalacia
8. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
fat soluble vitamins
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
2 cups
protein
9. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
2.5 cups
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
diet recall
10. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
hemoglobin
essential amino acids
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
5.5 ounces/day
11. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
pregnant women or elderly
decrease in total lymphocyte count
atrophy or wasting of muscle
can consume more calories without weight gain
12. When does BMR increase?
pregnant women or elderly
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
rickets - osteomalacia
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
13. What function is vitamin A?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
2.5 cups
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
14. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
hemoglobin
500 cal/day
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
15. What function is vitamin D?
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
albumin levels
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
16. What is RDA of protein?
4 calories/gram
protein and fat
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
17. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
transferrin
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
18. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
TPN total parenteral nutrition
pregnant women or elderly
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
starches - sugars - and cellulose
19. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
dark green - orange - drybeans
review of systems
protein and fat
starches - sugars - and cellulose
20. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
vitamin C - citrus fruits
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
transferrin
rickets - osteomalacia
21. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
decrease in total lymphocyte count
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
3 cups
22. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
hemoglobin
18-25
23. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
6 oz. a day
500 cal/day
protein
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
24. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
3 cups
25. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
pregnant women or elderly
prealbumin levels
one week period
trans fatty acid
26. Fats can lead to some medical problems
atrophy or wasting of muscle
low albumin levels < 3.4
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
milk - enriched grains
27. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
one week period
day week or month
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
atrophy or wasting of muscle
28. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
rickets - osteomalacia
review of systems
6 oz. a day
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
29. What is the function of vitamin E?
prealbumin levels
decrease in total lymphocyte count
antioxidant - immune function
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
30. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
B and C
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
antioxidant - immune function
31. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
fat soluble vitamins
dairy and fortified foods
one tspn salt or less
hemorrhage
32. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
5.5 ounces/day
apple is higher risk than a pear
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
33. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
300 cal/day increase
protein
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
protein and fat
34. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
hemorrhage
trans fatty acid
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
fat soluble vitamins
35. What is normal BMI?
albumin levels
starches - sugars - and cellulose
18-25
5.5 ounces/day
36. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
apple is higher risk than a pear
trans fatty acid
carrots and sweet potatoes
4 calories/gram
37. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
cream cheese - cream or butter
carrots and sweet potatoes
dietary approach to stop hypertension
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
38. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
3 cups
dark green - orange - drybeans
decrease in total lymphocyte count
39. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
pregnant women or elderly
6 oz. a day
essential amino acids
40. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
protein and fat
vitamin K
TPN total parenteral nutrition
protein
41. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
essential amino acids
vitamin K
starches - sugars - and cellulose
300 cal/day increase
42. When does BMR decrease?
review of systems
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
43. How many calories/gram is protein?
4 calories/gram
18-25
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
trans fatty acid
44. Sources of fats
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
2.5 cups
dairy and fortified foods
dietary approach to stop hypertension
45. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
albumin levels
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
46. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
fat soluble vitamins
prealbumin levels
one tspn salt or less
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
47. The higher the BMR a client has --
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
one week period
prealbumin levels
can consume more calories without weight gain
48. What foods have high quality protein?
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
protein and fat
diet recall
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
49. What does DASH stand for?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
3 cups
vitamin K
dietary approach to stop hypertension
50. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
protein
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%